GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan draws an unusual opponent in Alaska's primary

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is running for reelection in Alaska and faces a field of 15 competitors. One of them is Dan Sullivan.

Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will goes dark under Trump

SEATTLE (AP) – A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of the Pacific.

3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska's Mount McKinley are dead

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group announced Friday. A fourth climber was rescued.

Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in Russia and triggers fire at sea terminal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as part of Kyiv’s campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia.

Adam Scott reaches 100 straight majors. Some greats never made it that far

Adam Scott is playing in his 100th consecutive major next week in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Here’s a list of notable players (streak in parentheses) and how their streaks ended:

Takeaways from AP's report on deep-sea mining

WASHINGTON (AP) – In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process.

Trump cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters, judge says

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears – including from helicopters – as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters, a judge ruled Wednesday.

SpaceX soars 23% and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of SpaceX soared 23% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket maker’s CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and kept rising, reaching $166.90 around 12:.20 p.m. ET. That price gave the company a market value of $2.18 trillion.